Lasting machine



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Flemington,

N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application July 18, 1950, Serial No. 174,439

'72 Claims. (01. 128.7)

This invention relates to lasting machines, and in some aspects more particularly to machines for lasting the toe ends of welt shoes. In United States Letters Patent No. 2,420,684, granted on May 20, 1947 on an application of C. A. Robinsons, there is disclosed, in a power-operated toelasting machine, automatic means for applying a wire binder about the toe end of a welt shoe to hold the upper in lasted position and for fastening the binder by driving staples through the margin of the upper and a lip on the insole at the opposite sides of the shoe bottom. object of this invention to provide improvements in such binder-applying and fastening means, and the invention is accordingly herein shown as embodied in means forming part of an organization of the same general character as disclosed in said Letters Patent. It is to be understood, however, that in various novel aspects it is not limited to the particular embodiment hereinafter described.

In general accordance with the disclosure of the above-mentioned Letters Patent the machine herein shown, which has toe-embracing wipers for wiping the marginal portion of the toe end of a welt shoe upper inwardly over the feather and against the lip of the insole, is provided with grippers for gripping at the opposite sides of the shoe respectively a wire binder extending around the toe end of the upper and for pulling it lengthwise of the shoe inwardly under the Wipers to apply it to the upstanding margin of the upper lying against the lip of the insole, and with means for feeding binder wire around the toe from one of the grippers to the other gripper. the machine better for operation on shoes ofdifferent sizes, the construction herein shown includes means for adjustably varying the amount of wire thus fed around the toe and means for moving the grippers a variably predetermined distance lengthwise of the shoe depending upon the amount of wire thus fed before they grip the binder. More particularly, as herein illustrated, the variation in the feed of the wire is efiected by varying the throw of a lever included in the wire-feeding means, and by the movement of this lever in the wire-feeding operation a correspondingly variable positioning movement lengthwise of the shoe is imparted to the grippers through mechanism whereby they are thereafter operated to pull the binder.

When the grippers first grip the binder they are located at substantial distances from the upper widthwise of the shoe and it is necessary to move them inwardly toward the upper to as- It is one To adapt 2 sist in positioning the binder in proper relation to the shoe. novel means for thus moving the grippers inwardly in response to resistance of the shoe to their binder-applying movement lengthwise of In the construction herein shown grip-- per-supporting means movable to carry the gripthe shoe.

pers lengthwise of the shoe has mounted thereon gear mechanisms associated respectively with the different grippers for moving them inwardly into engagement with the shoe,- these gearmechanisms being connected to rack bars which are moved lengthwise of the shoe with the grippersupporting means until the above-mentioned re sistance is encountered, after which the rack bars by continued movements operate the gear mechanisms to impart the inward movements to the grippers. Included in each gear mechanism are two gears relatively movable against the resistance of a spring after engagement of the gripper with the shoe.

In the machine to which the invention is herein shown as applied the wipers, after wiping themarginal portion of the upper inwardly, are partially retracted lengthwiseand widthwise of the shoe and are also raised slightly to relieve their pressure on the upper, after which they are again moved inwardly and are forced downwardly to apply the final pressure. It'is at the time when the wipers are thus partially retracted that the binder, under the force applied thereto by the grippers, is pulled fully inward against the upstanding margin of the upper. To insure that the binder along the sides of the toe will not at this time assume too high a position against the upstanding margin of the upperby reason of the retractive movements of the wipers, instead of lying as near as possible to the apex of the angle between the feather and the lip of the insole, the machine is further provided with holddown members arranged to engage the binder in locations which are close to the front ends of the wipers when the wipers are intheir fully advanced and closed positions and thus to prevent the binder from springing up between the edges of the wipers and the margin of the upper when the wipers are retracted. These holddown members are held in retracted positions widthwise of the shoe when the shoe is presented tothe machine and are moved inwardly toward the shoe into positions thus to control the binder after the starting of the machine. In the machine shown the wipers are supported on a wiper carrier which is first moved heightwise of the shoe to cause the wipers to wipe the upper in that direction,

The invention further provides and the positioning movements of the binder holddown members are controlled by this movement of the wiper carrier. More particularly, supports for the holddown members are con nected by flexible cables to the wiper carrier and are held thereby initially in retracted positions widthwise of the shoe, and as the wiper carrier is moved heightwise of the shoe springs move the supports inwardly toward the shoe as permitted by the cables. Each holddown member has an edge face which is convex widthwise and heightwise of the shoe to assist in guiding the binder to its proper position against the upstanding margin of the upper as it is applied to the upper by the grippers.

To fasten the binder to the shoe the machine is provided with fastening-inserting mechanisms which form staples from fine wire and insert or drive them through the margin. of the upper and the lip of the insole in positions to straddle the binder at the opposite sides of the shoe bottom respectively, the staples being thus inserted in locations 2. short distance beyond. the wipers in a heelward direction when the wipers are fully advanced and closed. In this operation it is important that the binder be located exactly in the correct relation to the path of each staple. Each fastening-inserting mechanism includes a throat member having a guideway for the staple and means for moving the throat member inwardly toward the shoe before the staple is driven; and for purposes of this invention each throat member has associated therewith a pair of binderpositioning members which are relatively movable heightwise of the shoe to engage and position the binder between them location between the throat member and the shoe. In the construction shown these binder-positioning members are moved initially inward toward the shoe with the throat member, after which their further inward. movement is retarded b engagement with the binder held taut by the grippers as the throat member continues its movement. In response to this resistance of the binder to the inward movements of the binder-positioning members they are moved equal distances toward each other by the continued movement of the throat member until they position the binder between them in exactly the right relation to the path of movement of the staple. ment of the throat member it engages shoulders on the binder-positioning members and forces them farther inwardly with the binder into enengagement with the upper, the movement of the throat member thus being limited by the binderpositi'oning members in engagement with the shoe. These members have in their inner end portions staple guideways arranged to aline with the guideway in the throat member. While the fastening-inserting mechanisms in the machine herein shown are thus constructed to use staples, it should .be understood that in various novel aspects the invention is not dependent upon the use of fastenings of that particular character.

To insure that the above-mentioned binderpositioning members will be properly effective to position and control the binder as described it is necessary that as they are moved inwardly toward the shoe the portions of the binder on which they act shall first be spaced somewhat away from the upper widthwise of the shoe. The machine is accordingly further provided with what may be termed binder-spreading devices which, as shown, are moved heightwise of the shoe in locations between the grippers and the binder-positioning Near the end of the movemembers to insure that the portions of the binder acted upon by these members will be properly spaced from the shoe. In the machine herein shown the fastening-inserting mechanisms, prior to the insertion of the fastenings, are swung heightwise of the shoe to positions determined by engagement of staple-clinching anvil members thereon with the bottom of the insole, and the binderspreading devices are carried by these mechanisms to act as described on the binder as the mechanisms are thus moved heightwise of the shoe. Each of these devic s in the constructionherein shown is made of resilient wire formed to provide a substantially V-shaped portion whichv is inserted between the binder and a portion of the upper already lasted in a location immediately beyond the unlasted toe portion a heelward direction, the V-shaped portion being contractible in response to pressure of the binder thereon.

In accordance with another feature, the invention provides means for bending the free end portions of the binder extending be ond the fasten ings heightwise of the shoe after the fastenings have been inserted and the binder has been released by the grippers. This insures that the grippers in their return movements will not engage the ends of the binder and possibly detach it from the shoe, and also affords better insurance that the fastenings will hold the binder securely without slippage. For the purpose in view the above-mentioned binder-spreading devices have mounted thereon members which bend the end portions of the binder as above described in response to reverse movements of the fasteninginserting mechanisms heightwise of the shoe after the insertion of the fastenings. As these mechanisms are moved heightwise of the shoe to fastening-inserting positions, at which time the binder is held taut by the grippers, hook-shaped portions of the bending members, which are resilient, slip past the binder and assume the proper positions thus to act later on the end portions of the binder.

Each of the fastening-inserting machanisrns,

" which may be termed stapling units, includes a staple-forming member which is moved through a toggle to form a staple and a cutter movable with the staple-forming member to out from wire a piece for use in making the staple. Because of the resistance of the wire to the movement of the cutter the first effect of the toggle-operating means is to swing the unit downwardly until its anvil member engages the insole, after which the wire is cut and the staple is formed. It will be evident that upon the cutting of the wire the force acting through the toggle and tending to hold the anvil member down on the insole is substantially reduced. To insure that the anvil member will still be held firmly down on the insole with the unit in proper relation to the shoe, the machine herein shown is provided with additional means for applying to each unit force tending to prevent reverse movement thereof heightwise of the shoe after the cutting of the wire.

. For this purpose, in the construction shown, each unit has thereon an arm mounted for swinging movement against the resistance of a spring, and one link of the toggle has thereon a roll arranged to engage and swing the arm as the toggle is further operated after the cutting of the wire.

In the construction shown the swinging movement of each stapling unit into proper relation to he shoe is, as above suggested, a downward movement, and by reason of the engagement of the above-mentioned cutter with the wire a downward feeding movementv from a source of supply is imparted to the wire as theunit is swung downwardly. After the staplin operation each unit is swung upwardly to a positively determined initial position, the lower end portion of the wire thus fed being received within the unit for use in forming the next staple. To insure that the proper length of wire will thus enter the unit, the latter has means for engaging the end of the wire and for lifting the wire a short distance as the unit approaches the limit of its upward movement. To insure against forming any kink in the wire because of this action of the unit thereon, a brake member past which the wire is fed downwardly is so mounted as to be moved upwardly by the lifting action of the unit on the wire. Extendin downwardly, moreover, from this brake member is a non-flexible tube which is thus movable upwardly with the brake member against the resistance of a light spring and within which is positioned a flexible conduitconnected to the unit for guiding the wire.

The machine is driven by an electric motor and includes a clutch through which a cycle of operations is performed, the clutch being actuated first by a treadle to start the cycle. After the binder has been applied to the shoe but prior to the operations of the fastening-inserting mechanisms the cycle of operations is automatically interrupted by control of the clutch. Immediately prior to this interruption of the cycle a valve is moved automatically intoposition to admit operating fluid, supplied by a pump driven by the motor, to fluid-operated means by which the fastening-insertin mechanisms are operated, the valve being retained by a latch in the position to which it is thus moved until released by fluid-pressure means after the fasteninginserting operations, whereupon it is returned by a spring. It may sometimes be desired, as for test purposes, to cause the fastening-inserting mechanisms to operate independently of any cycle of operations of the machine, and accordingly the machine is provided with a hand lever by which the valve may be moved into position thus to admit the fluid. As a safety measure, the construction herein shown includes means for preventing the valve, when thus moved by the hand lever, from being held by the latch if the motor which drives the machine and the pump is not running, so that under those conditions the valve will be immediately returned on release of the hand lever. This insures'that the fastening-inserting mechanisms, if the valve has been moved by the hand lever without the knowledge of the operator, will not immediately operate in response to the starting of the motor. For the purpose in view the latch is so controlled by a solenoid in the motor circuit that it is in a position where it will hold the valve only if the circuit is closed. Associated also with the valveoperating mechanism is a device which is moved by that mechanism into position to prevent actuation of the clutch by the treadle whenever the fastening-inserting mechanisms are operating, either in the normal operation of the machine or as the result of movement of the hand lever, thus avoiding danger of possible damage to the machine.

It may sometimes be desired, as for test purposes, to run the machine without operatin the fastening-inserting mechanisms, and accordingly the machine herein shown is further provided with means which may be used to renderthe valve-operating mechanism, regardless of its movement, ineffective to operate the valve. More particularly, a valve-operating member, which is normally moved automatically to operate the valve prior to the pause in the cycle, is displaceable to prevent it, even though it receives such movement, from acting on the valve, and means 7 movable by the operator is provided for thus displacing it. This member, moreover, is apart of the means for operating the valve by the above-mentioned hand lever, and accordingly its displacement will further prevent starting of the fastening-inserting mechanisms by the hand lever. If the machine is operated, as it sometimes may be for test purposes, without any shoe therein, it is desirable to prevent at that time the operation of the fastening-inserting mechanisms, and accordingly the machine further includes automatic means dependent upon the ab sence of a shoe for preventing the operation of the above-mentioned valve. In the construction shown this also is accomplished by displacement of the above-mentioned valve-operating memher.

The above and other features of the invention, including various novel details of construction and combinations of parts, will now be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings and thereafter pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. l is a view in front elevation of the upper portion of the machine to which the invention is herein shown as applied, with parts broken away;

Fig. 2 is a view of the lower portion of the machine in left-hand side elevation, with parts broken away;

Fig. 3 is a view in right-hand side elevation of certain portions of the machine, with parts broken away;

Fig. 4 is a View in front elevation of portions of the structure shown in Fig. 3, with parts broken away;

Fig. 5 is a detail view in right-hand side elevation of safety means included in the machine;

Fig. 6 is a view partly in right-hand side elevation and partly in section, showing the wiperopielriating mechanism and parts associated there- W1 Fig. 7 is a plan view showing portions of the wiper-operating mechanism and of the binderapplying and wire-feeding means, with parts broken away;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged view generally similar to Fig. 7 of a portion of the structure, with parts removed and others broken away;

Fig. 9 is a View mainly in right-hand side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 8;

s Fig. 10 is a section on the'line XX of Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a section on the line XI-XI of Fig. 8, showing also certain parts not included in Fig. 8;

Fig. 12 is a section on the line XIIXII of Fig. 8, with parts omitted;

Fig. 13 is a plan view of certain parts shown in Fig. 12;

Fig. 14 is a section on the line XIV-XIV of Fig.7;

Fig. 14a is a section on the line XIVa-XIVa of Fig. 14;

Fig. 15 is a view .in right-hand side elevation of a portion of the structure shown in Fig. 7;

Fig. 16 is a view in front elevation on an enacsaeio- 7 lars d scal h parts brolse away, sho in the lef -hand as enin -inserting m chanism and parts associated therewith;

17 is a section on the line XVII .XVII of Fig. l6;

Fig. 18- is a section on the line XVIII-.XVIII of Fig. 16;

Fig. 19 is. a. plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 16;

Fig. 20 is a section on the line XXXX of Fig. 16;

Fig. 21 is a section on the line XXI-XXI of Fig. 16.;

Fig. 22. is a view similar to. Fig. 16 on an en larged scale of a portion of the structure, with parts broken away;

Fig. 23 is a section on the line, XXIIIX.XIII

of Fig. 22;

Fig. 24 is a section on the line XXIV-XX1V of Fig. 22;

Fig. 25. is a section on the. line XXVXXV of Fig. 22;

Fig. 26 is mainly a plan view, with parts removed, of portions of the structure shown in Fig. 24;

Fig, 2'7 is a section on. the line XXVIIXXVII of Fig.2

Fig. 28 shows mainly in elevation a portion of the structure shown at the upper right-hand side of Fig. ,2, as viewed from the left with reference to Fig. 2;

Fig. 29 is a view in left-hand side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the structure shown near the bottom of- Fig. 2;

Fig. 30 is a plan view of the same parts as shown in Fig. 29;

Fig. 31 is a section on the line XXXI-XXX of Fig. 2;

Fig. 32 is a view in front elevation of the lefthand binder holddown member and of parts of the shoe-positioning means, illustrating the operative relation of this member to the binder and to a shoe shown in section;

Fig. 33 shows in front elevation portions of the left-hand fastening-inserting mechanism and parts associated therewith as they appear in relation to a shoe after the binder has been applied to the shoe by the grippers but prior to the downward swinging. movement of the fasteninginserting mechanism;

Fig. 34 is a view similar to Fig. 33., showing the positions of the parts after the downward swinging movement of the fastening-inserting mechanism;

Fig. 35 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 34, showing the positions of the parts after the binder has. been properly positioned heightwise of the. Shoe and has been forced inwardly toward the upper by the binder-positioning members, but prior to. the insertion of the staple;

Fig. 36 is mainly a plan view, with par-ts in section, showing the left-hand staple driver and other parts as they appear when the driver is at the end of its driving movement;

Fig. 37 is a diagrammatic view showing the electrical circuit 01" the motor Which drives the machine; I

Fig. 3-8 is a diagrammatic view showing the electrical circuit of means provided for actuating the clutch to cause the completion of the cycle after the operations of the fastening-inserting mechanisms; and

Fig. 39 is a cam chart illustrating the timing of certain operations that take place in the course of the cycle.

Such parts of the machine herein shown as ar mm n to he disclosures of; prior Letters atent. in lud ng the ab v -mentioned Letters Patent No 2,420,684.. willbe h reinafter described only insofar as. is neces ary for an un ers and: ing of the inven ion. For positionin the shoe. b ttom upward. bo h. lengthwise and l t r ly he ma ne. is provided with a plate 2 F s. d 32. havi a ownwardly ex endin flan formed to e gage. he inner f ce. of the l p a f the sole around the to -end portion oi e. sole in the manner disclosed in Letters Patent No. 2,385,414. granted on September 25, 1945 on an application of' E. A. Holmgrens. As further therein disclosed. the shoe is, positioned heightwise by three insole-engaging pins, two of which are shown at, 4 (Fig. 1) the plate 2 being movable upwardly with the shoe until the pins en gage the insole in response to pressure applied to. the shoe by an upwardly movable toe rest 6 at the beginning of the cycle of operations of the machine. At the beginning of the cycle also a heel rest 8 is moved rearwardly into engagement with the heel end of the shoe to assist in holding it against lengthwise displacement.

For wiping; the toe end of the upper into lasted position the machine has a pair of wipers H) which are advanced lengthwise of the shoe and are closed inwardly widthw-ise of the shoe to embrace the upper about the toe end of the last and are swung upwardly to wipe the upper heightwise of the last, after which they are further advanced and closed to wipe the marginal portion of the upper inwardly over the feather and against the lip ofthe insole, the lip being supported against the inward pressure of the wipers by the plate 2. To assist in controlling the upper as it is wiped heightwise of the last the machine is provided with a retarder (not shown) which clamps the marginal portion of the upper outspread on the wipers. The construction of this retarder and of the means for operating and controlling it may be assumed to be substantially as disclosed in Letters Patent No. 2,380,407, granted on July 31, 1945 on an application of mine.

The wipers I!) are detachably secured in slots in wiper holders Ill (Figs. 6 and 7') which are supported on a wiper carrier i6 and are guided by means hereinafter described for movements about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe to close the wipers inwardly widthwise of the shoe. The wiper carrier i6 is supported and operated by means constructed substantially as disclosed in Letters Patent No. 2,1603%, granted on June 6, 1939 on an application of F. C. Eastmans and A. F. Pyms. Briefly, the carrier is supported near its front end on a pair of links it, only one of which is shown, and at its rear end on the upper end of a lever 2t pivotally mounted between its upper and lower ends on a rod 22. The lever is pivotally connected at its upper end to the carrier by a rod 24. The links it are pivotally connected at their lower ends to. arms 26, only one of which is shown, these arms being fast on a rockshaft 2,8 mounted in bearings in the frame. Also fast on this rockshaft is an arm 30 provided with a roll 32 which lies in a cam track 34 formed in one side oi a cam member (not shown) on a cam shaft 35. Through this mechanism the wiper carrier it is swung upwardly about the rod 25 to cause the wipers to wipe the upper heightwise of the last and is later swung downwardly to increase the pressure of the wipers on the marginal portion of the upper overthe insole. To advance and retract the wiper carrier and the wipers lengthwise of the shoe, the lever 20 is swung about the rod 22 by a cam track 38 formed in one side of a gear wheel 40 on the cam shaft 36, the lever having thereon a roll 42 which lies in the cam track.

For operating the wiper holders I4 to close the wipers inwardly widthwise or" the shoe, there is mounted on the wiper carrier i6 (Figs. 6 and 7) a slide 4-4 between which and the wiper holders there are yieldable connections 46 of the same construction as disclosed in Letters Patent No. 2,354,663, granted on August 1, 1944 on an application of mine. The slide M is operated through a rodflB the front end ortion of which is threaded therein, and by turning the rod the slide may be adjusted lengthwise of the shoe relatively to the wiper carrier 16 to adjust the wiper holders I4 and the wipers toward or from each other. For this purpose there is provided mechanism which need not be described indetail since it is of the same construction as disclosed in the last-mentioned Letters Patent, this mechanism including a hand wheel 50 corresponding to the wheel 262 in said Letters Patent and connected to the rod 16 through a shaft 52 and gearing 54. Operative movement is imparted to the rod 48 through spring mechanism 56 by a pair of links 58 connected to a bell-crank lever 60 mounted on a shaft 62 supported in a depending portion of the wiper carrier I6, substantially as disclosed in greater detail in Letters Patent No. 2,160,846. The bell-crank lever 60 is connected by a link lid to anarin 66 fast on a rockshaft 68 on which is also secured an arm It provided with a roll i2 lying in a cam track I4 in the gear wheel 66. In the construction herein shown the lever 66' is loosely mounted on the shaft 62.

In the machine herein shown the wiper holders I l are each guided for wiper-closing movement by two slots 16 (Figs. 7 and 8) formed in the wiper carrier I6 and rolls I8 movable with the wiper holder and lying in these slots under the holder, one of the rolls being shown in Figs. 8 and 11. To permit the rolls to turn more freely they are mounted on roller bearings 19 located between them and the lower end portions of studs 80 carried by the wiper holder. The foremost stud 86 associated with each wiper holder has mounted thereon within the holder an eccentric bushing 8i, and accordingly by the turning of this bushing the wiper holder may be adjusted about the axisv of the other stud. By such adjustment of the two wiper holders any slight space that in time occur between the wipers at the end of the toe because of wear may be eliminated. Each bushing 85 is secured in adjusted position by a nut 82 threaded on the upper end of the stud 8i and clamping a flange 83 on the bushing against the wiper holder I4 in a recess in the holder, the nut also securing. the stud 353 in place by forcing a flange .84 thereon against the lower face of the holder I4 within the slot '16. Adjustment of either bushing is effected after removal of a cover plate '66 on the wiper carrier I6. On the rearmost studs 80 there are also nuts 82 for securing the studsin place,

but no eccentric bushings.

Each Wiper, I0 is held detachably in the slot in the corresponding wiper holder I4 by a pin 8% (Fig. '7) corresponding to the pin I52 shown in Letters Patent No. 2,160,846. Each of these pins relieve the operator of the necessity of having to reach inwardly under the wiper carrier in order thus to move the pins 88 downwardly, the machine herein shown is provided with flexible wire cables 92, one of which is shown in Fig. 6, connected respectively to the different pins 88 and mounted in flexible guides 94 extending downwardly and forwardly and secured at their front ends in blocks 95 fast on the frame of the machine. On the front end of each cable is secured a knob 96 having a diametrically reduced portion guided in the block 95, and by this'knob the operator may pull forwardly on the cable to impart downward movement to the pin 88 when it is desired to release the wiper and may push rearwardly on it to return the pin, the spring provided heretofore being omitted as unnecessary.

As explained in Letters Patent No. 2,420,684, the timing of the movements of the wipers I0 is such that after they have wiped the marginal portion of the upper inwardly over the insole they are partially retracted lengthwise and widthwise of the shoe and are raised slightly to relieve their downward pressure on the upper, after which they are again moved inwardly and are forced downwardly to apply the final pressure to the upper. At this point the cycle of operations of the machine is automatically interrupted to permit a wire binder, applied to the toe as hereinafter described in proper time relation to the above-mentioned movements of the wipers, to be fastened to the shoe during a pause in the cycle.

For applying the wire binder about the toe end of the shoe to hold the upper in lasted position the machine herein shown is provided with a pair of grippers 98 (Figs. 7 and 8) supported as hereinafter described on blocks I60 secured on the front ends of bars I02 which are supported respectively for forward movements lengthwise of the shoe on the opposite sides of the wiper carrier It to cause the grippers to apply a pull tothe binder. The two bars I02 are rigidly connected together at their rear ends by a cross bar I64 so that they will move in unison. To facilitate the movements of the bars I02, each bar is guided by two pairs of rolls I06 (see Fig. 3) engaging laterally inclined upper and lowerfaces on the bar as illustrated in Fig. 10, each pair of rolls being supported on a holder I08 secured by a screw III) to the wiper carrier I6. Still further to facilitate the movement of each bar the head of each screw III} has extending around it a ball bearing II2 consisting of an annular member H3 having therein recesses for a plurality of balls engaging the holder I08 and the inner face of the bar I02. It will be understood that by reason of the inclined upper'and lower faces on each bar I02 it is confined by the rolls I66 against lateral outward movement.

The bars I02 are first moved yieldingly in a forward directionthrough springs II4 (Fig. 3) which are mounted therein and which are engaged at their rear ends by pins H6 slidingly movable in the bars. Extending upwardly into a slot H8 in each bar is a pin I20 engaging the rear end ofthe pin H6, the pin I20 being fast on the rear end of another forwardly and 'rearwardly movable bar I22 the purpose of which will be hereinafter explained. Each bar I22 is connected by alink I24 to an arm I26 loosely mounted to swing about the previously men tioned shaft 62 supported on the wiper carrier I6. The right-hand arm I26, as shown in Fig.4, 

